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Thursday, July 14, 2022 by Frances Philpot | Uncategorized
fpmusic SUMMER CHALLENGES ~ 20 ideas to keep up interest and explore your piano playing!
Stay friends with your piano – make sure you say hello and spend time together every week of the holidays! |
Be creative with your favourite pieces - play Hands Together an octave apart, then in all the different octaves |
Try transposing a piece - start in a different position then play it so it still 'sounds right' - you may have to explore using some black keys... |
Try new pieces independently (ask me if you would like some suggestions for suitable pieces) |
How many consecutive days can you play? |
How many different people can you play the piano to? |
How many pieces can you still play from Piano Safari Unit ...? |
What would happen if… I play this with both hands/ I swap ta rhythms for ti-ti or twoo for ta ta etc |
How would you play this piece if you changed its name? How else could you change this piece? |
Rhythm Swing app - ideal for anyone who can read rhythms ta, ti-ti, twoo |
Flashnote Derby/ Noteworks apps - ideal for anyone who is in PS Book 2 upwards |
Book some summer holiday piano lessons |
How many pages of your theory book can you complete? |
Create videos of you playing all your favourite pieces – then organise your video library |
Create your own piece to play - use patterns of notes or a beautiful phrase that inspires you |
Create a demonstration video to teach someone how to play one of your pieces |
Listen to piano music by famous composers ~ Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, Gershwin, Pam Wedgwood, June Armstrong, Ben Crosland |
Listen to lots of performances of the same famous piece – which do you prefer and why? |
Go to a live piano concert |
Enjoy looking back at videos of you playing a term or a year ago – see how far you have come! |
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